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Funding Biosolids Projects – A Losing Battle?
Abstract
The lack of adequate financial support for wastewater management projects in the United States has resulted in two classes of needed projects, non-discretionary projects that must be completed under penalty of legal action, and discretionary projects that are not required under law. Projects pertaining to solids processing at wastewater treatment plants have become discretionary because of lack of USEPA enforcement of regulations pertaining to biosolids under the Clean Water Act. This paper reviews the history of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and could happen elsewhere once first-round funds for wastewater infrastructure are depleted.
The lack of adequate financial support for wastewater management projects in the United States has resulted in two classes of needed projects, non-discretionary projects that must be completed under penalty of legal action, and discretionary projects that are not required under law. Projects pertaining to solids processing at wastewater treatment plants have become discretionary because of lack of...
Author(s)
Timothy G. SheaPeter Burrowes
SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation
SubjectSession 17: Hot Topics
Document typeConference Paper
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Print publication date Jan, 2008
ISSN1938-6478
SICI1938-6478(20080101)2008:3L.876;1-
DOI10.2175/193864708788806313
Volume / Issue2008 / 3
Content sourceResiduals and Biosolids Conference
First / last page(s)876 - 879
Copyright2008
Word count99

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